European Union Slammed by Human Tsunami
Published in Hautlife
Category:Europe News
The European Union is about to seal its southern borders in an attempt to control the number of refugees, even the democratic decoration of barbed wire fence has been mentioned.
The human tsunami has hit the old continent sweeping over the Balkan Peninsula and Italy, in the form of endless surge of refugees from Asia and Africa. If we are to believe the European External Service (EEAS), about 60 million people are displaced at the moment. This is something our planet has not seen since World War II.
Hungary, a country in central Europe and a member of the European Union, has alone received nearly 50,000 asylum requests so far. The endless stream of refugees is still flowing toward this gate to Western Europe. All the efforts to contain the human stream at the borders have failed.
The Afghans, Syrians, and Albanians from Kosovo use the Hungarian route as the most convenient. Some stay in Hungary, but the majority crosses the border, usually under the cover of darkness, at some less controlled points. Their goal is not Hungary but Austria, Germany, or some other well-provisioned place.
The Hungarian ruling parliamentary fraction, “Fidesz”, is making a proposal to close the southern border. Even the possibility of a barbed wire fence was mentioned.
Hungary is threatening with a barbed wire fence. Italy is about to experience a political collapse over the refugee crisis, and the other EU members submerge into a bitter discussion over the new “Quota Proposal”. If this proposal is to be accepted by the EU leaders at the European Summit by the end of June, each country would have to accept a certain number of refugees. The new “quota” will be based on the country’s GDP, unemployment rate, how many refugees the country has already accepted, among other considerations.
However, it remains unclear what “the quota” actually means. Does it mean – when the certain number of people have been accepted, the rest must be politely sent back? And, how will the old Europa decide who will be saved and who will be left to die?
Are the human rights more human for some than for the others?
Blocking of the Hungarian borders is not new. Earlier this year, the border patrols backed by German police secured the line. Germans were sent to prevent the huge number of Kosovo Albanians to migrate to the West. By the way, Germany was a supporter of the Kosovo secession and among the first countries to recognize the Kosovo sovereignty.
Common people usually need something more edible than autonomy, obviously. Now, when Serbia is so far away, and the future Great Albania still not that close, the Kosovo Albanians have found themselves in the middle of dying economy. Solution for their problems they are seeking in the western countries, trying to move there mostly illegally. The police pressure on the Hungarian border slightly subsided when an Albanian girl died, because the medical help came too late.
That people need something more edible than sovereignty has been also proven in other newly formed independent countries – Croatia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, etc. Croatia alone has burdened the wealthy western countries with more than 50,000 individuals who are trying to find a job there, according to Croatian “Jutarnji List”. A Very similar situation is with the other ‘poor European cousins’. Altogether, the number of those invading the West is simply indefinite.
The main argument of those trying to convince the EU leaders to tighten the borders is the fact that Islamic terrorists may take advantage of the refugee situation to infiltrate into the West. Unfortunately, this is highly probable. Admitting the potential terrorists into the West is a very bad political decision. It certainly is, but so is an arrogant-only, profit-oriented foreign policy that leaves a political vacuum, chaos, and an excellent opportunity for the radical movements to take over the power.
But still, an Albanian mother with a sick child does not look like a terrorist. Neither does a group of Afghan kids walking their way from Asia to Germany, hoping to find some relatives in Berlin. The eldest among them, a 16-year old, is taking care of the rest of his siblings through their heartbreaking journey of survival.
Tightening the borders might also create a well-known syndrome called “Ghettoization”. Not only will an enormous number of refugees be “Ghettoized”, but the rest of the Balkan countries may find themselves behind the fence, or in the “ghetto” as well. This would create a certain state of mind – Hatred. Creating more hatred definitely will not solve the terrorism-problem.
Some of the countries which would be left in the European Ghetto are the members of the European Union, Greece for example. This country seems to be too far south. So south that the rich brothers of the West rarely mention the tide of approximately 600 refugees that land on Greek shores every day.
The Union has sent experts, though, just before the tourist season. But they still lack financial help or some permanent solution that needs to be determined much sooner than later. Politics of vacuum again.
What Merkel and Juncker don’t finish, Putin certainly will. He is ready to fill the gaps, and hopefully to expend his influence on the Balkans. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Moscow a few days ago. It seems Greeks are tired of EU’s empty promises.
Soon, we will all find out the European’s decision on refugees and see if the human rights are more human for some, than they are for others. For now, there is a human tsunami of millions of refugees, Germans asking for “Ausweis” (official identification papers) on foreign territory, and the barbed wire fence would just complete the whole picture.
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